First, Mardy is not my dog but belongs to a family that I know through of my jobs. Last summer the mother of the family contacted me about getting a puppy for their daughter and helping them with training. After I talked her out of getting a "teacup" yorkie I never heard back until two weeks ago when I got an email about their new puppy.

Mardy is a 15 week old poodle x schnauzer mix and he is cute as a button. Basically, I'm his puppy-nanny. I'm staying with him this week while his people are out of town so I can work on house-breaking and basic training. He's smart and picks up on things quickly but has a very short attention span so we're working on keeping his attention, sit, lay down, stay, wait, come, and slight bite inhibition.

Sorry, can't get excited over them supporting a designer mutt greeder.

I get that.
I was taken aback too an discussed it with them after the fact (I'd also mentioned it during the yorkie search but, apparently, not enough). I wish they had let me help them find a puppy/breeder but that wasn't the case. Still, I'm glad they contacted me at all to help with training and we not only discussed foods but I got him off of the puppy chow that he was on and moving onto Instinct instead. I won't support his breeder (or any like it) and I'll always do what I can to educate dog owners. They did not know better and I have nobody to blame but myself but I'm not going to punish the dog or the family because of that.

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